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词条 Vipera berus nikolskii
释义

  1. Etymology

  2. Description

  3. Geographic range

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. Further reading

  7. External links

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| image =BennyTrapp Vipera nikolskii.jpg
| genus = Vipera
| species = berus
| subspecies = nikolskii
| authority = Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986[1]
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Common names: Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.[2]

Vipera berus nikolskii is a venomous viper subspecies endemic to Ukraine, eastern Romania, and southwestern Russia.[1][3] No subspecies are currently recognized.[4] It is a subspecies of Vipera berus.

Etymology

The specific name, nikolskii, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky.[5]

Description

Adults of V. berus nikolskii are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum total length (including tail) of {{convert|680|mm|in|abbr=on}}.[2]

Holotype: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).[1]

Geographic range

V. berus nikolskii is found in Central Ukraine and southwestern Russia.[1][3] Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Charkov region in Ukraine.[2]

The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda River, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo, near Kharkov.[1]

Also, Vipera berus nikolskii was recently found in the eastern and southern part of Romania and Basarabia (Republic of Moldova) by Zinenko et al. (2010) and Strugariu & Zamfirescu (2008).

See also

  • List of viperine species and subspecies
  • {{c|Viperinae by common name}}
  • {{c|Viperinae by taxonomic synonyms}}
  • Snakebite

References

1. ^McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).
2. ^Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. {{ISBN|0-89464-877-2}}.
3. ^{{ru_icon}}. {{cite web|title=Animals of Russia|url=http://www.sevin.ru/vertebrates/}}
4. ^{{ITIS |id=634997 |taxon=Vipera nikolskii |accessdate=18 August 2006}}
5. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Vipera nikolskii, p. 190).

Further reading

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  • Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M (1993). Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops. 478 pp.
  • Strugariu A, Zamfirescu SR, Nicoarǎ A, Gherghel I, Sas I, Puşcaşu CM, Bugeac T (2008). "Preliminary data regarding the distribution of the herpetofauna in Iaşi County (Romania)". North-Western Journal of Zoology 4 (Supplement 1): S1-S23.
  • Vedmederja VI, Grubant VN, Rudajewa AV (1986). ["On the taxonomy of the three viper species in the Vipera kaznakowi complex"]. In: Ananjeva N, Borkin L (editors). "Systematics and Ecology of Amphibians and Reptiles". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad 157: 55-61. (In Russian).
  • Zinenko, Oleksandr; Ţurcanu, Vladimir; Strugariu, Alexandru (2010). "Distribution and morphological variation of Vipera berus nikolskii Vedmederja, Grubant et Rudaeva, 1986 in Western Ukraine, The Republic of Moldova and Romania". Amphibia - Reptilia 31 (1): 51-67.
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External links

{{Commons}}
  • {{NRDB species|genus=Vipera|species=berus|date=21 November|year=2007}}
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